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Essential diabetes care: the prevention of fracture risk

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04

Assessing the health of people’s bones should be a standard component of diabetes care. People with diabetes are at an increased risk for fractures; this risk increases with the development of diabetes complications. Bone fractures
impose a major impact on a person’s quality of life and on healthcare budgets. Inge Van Pottelbergh explains bone loss in people with diabetes and looks at the current
treatment options.